Southwestern Illinois College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $105,936 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $131,061 |
How much does Southwestern Illinois College spend on women's tennis?
Southwestern Illinois College reported $131,061 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #583 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Southwestern Illinois College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Southwestern Illinois College's athletically related student aid averaged about $7,274 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Southwestern Illinois College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Southwestern Illinois College reported $2,198 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Southwestern Illinois College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Southwestern Illinois College reported $105,936 in total men's tennis expenses and $131,061 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Illinois earn NIL money?
Illinois' Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act (SB 2338, effective July 2021) permits college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://archive.ihsa.org/documents/forms/2025-26/25-26%20School%20Term%201%20Column.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Southwestern Illinois College women's tennis roster?
Southwestern Illinois College listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 20% above the NJCAA median of 8.
Southwestern Illinois College's women's tennis roster has grown over 2 years, from 5 players in 2023 to 9 in 2025.
A larger squad usually means more competition for lineup spots and a deeper bench for a coach to draw on.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 |
How many coaches does Southwestern Illinois College women's tennis have?
Southwestern Illinois College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, in line with the NJCAA median of 4.5.
What does Southwestern Illinois College spend on women's tennis?
Southwestern Illinois College reported $131,061 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 99% above the NJCAA median of $65,827.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $1,836 per player in 2025, 14% above the NJCAA median of $1,618.
Against the national median it is well below the national median of $2,681, by 32%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $25 per female athlete in 2025, in line with the NJCAA median of $27.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 342% between 2023 and 2025, from $29,648 to $131,061.
Two-year programs are a common route into a four-year team; junior-college eligibility rules are their own and worth checking with the coach.
What is Southwestern Illinois College like academically?
Southwestern Illinois College is a mid-sized public two-year college.
The full cost of attendance is around $16,249 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $10,427 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 36% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $3,960 for IL residents and $6,720 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $36,884, below the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Southwestern Illinois College?
Liberal Arts & Sciences is the largest field at 25% of degrees, followed by Health Professions (23%) and Homeland Security & Law Enforcement (16%).
The associate's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data; a recruit should ask the coach how practice and travel fit around a specific major’s lab or clinical hours.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (440 degrees)
- Biological and Physical Sciences (116 degrees)
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (97 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (67 degrees)
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (52 degrees)
- Precision Metal Working (30 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (25 degrees)
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (25 degrees)
- Legal Support Services (20 degrees)
- American Sign Language (17 degrees)
What is Belleville, IL like to live in?
Southwestern Illinois College sits in Belleville, a suburb of a large city of about 42,000 people in St. Clair County, Illinois.
The median household in Belleville earns about $60,529, which is far below the Illinois median ($81,702) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $131,000, 48% below the Illinois median and a typical rent of $947 a month is 23% under the state figure.
Commutes average about 26 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 38, with 23% under 18 and 16% aged 65 or over.
28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Illinois average of 37%.
What other teams does Southwestern Illinois College field?
Southwestern Illinois College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NJCAA |
|---|---|
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Belleville, IL |
| Enrollment | 5,675 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Associate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Southwestern Illinois College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Southwestern Illinois College fields a NJCAA women's tennis team and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Southwestern Illinois College women's tennis?
- Southwestern Illinois College competes in NJCAA. Two-year programs are a common route into a four-year team; junior-college eligibility rules are their own and worth checking with the coach.
- How does the Southwestern Illinois College women's tennis roster compare with other NJCAA programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Southwestern Illinois College is 20% above the NJCAA median of 8, based on 52 NJCAA programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Southwestern Illinois College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 4.5 players per coach, in line with the NJCAA median of 4.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Southwestern Illinois College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $16,249 a year, and an average net price of $10,427 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Southwestern Illinois College?
- Southwestern Illinois College is in Belleville, IL, in the Great Lakes region, in what the Department of Education classes as a suburban area.
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